Bug 15688

Summary:	Bash commandline shows files and folders even after deletion using rm -rf command-line command.
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Jude Ashvin Lobo Shenoy <ashvinlobo>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	tmb
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Command-line removal of leftovers of uninstallation.

Description Jude Ashvin Lobo Shenoy 2015-04-12 19:10:14 CEST

I uninstalled Vuze and Conky manager from my system and am trying to remove the leftovers using command-line. So i use the locate command and after the command reveals some leftovers i use rm -rf ...... the files/folders are gone but when i try locate ... it again shows the same files/ folders it displayed first before removal.

Comment 1 Jude Ashvin Lobo Shenoy 2015-04-12 19:12:04 CEST

Created attachment 6248 [details]
Command-line removal of leftovers of uninstallation.

Comment 2 Thomas Backlund 2015-04-12 21:50:37 CEST

Thats because the locate db is not realtime, its only updated once a day 


if you want to force the update, do:

/etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => tmb
Resolution: (none) => INVALID